Our staff discuss their fav and least favs of all time below Gilmore Girls: Rory Gilmore By Rebecca Paz From the very first episode of “Gilmore Girls,” the writers and producers built Rory Gilmore up as someone to idolize. She was a good student and aspiring journalist with a coffeeContinue Reading

Prior to the journalism trip to New York, Rank&Filer Emma Mobley looked up the play we were set to see. I heard her quote, “It’s a gut-busting comedy,” from the show’s website. Only later did I realize how true that statement was. “The Play That Goes Wrong” is a BritishContinue Reading

I saw “Scream VI” with some friends of mine as an excuse to do a fun group activity, and I was deathly apprehensive going in. I was nervous buying the ticket, nervous skipping the rows of movie snacks and nervous as I settled into a somewhat comfortable armchair in theContinue Reading

*edited for length and clarity. Gender neutral bathrooms auto-locking, other issues concern club president. Staff writer Reyna Berry: In our last issue, there was a story about a meeting between the Gender Sexuality Alliance and Principal Litz. As one of the sources, you reached out about sharing some more thoughts.Continue Reading

Hayley Eastman, 10: Girls Lacrosse “At the start of tryouts I was put on JV, and then I worked really hard, was captain, and then I got invited to play in the varsity tournaments. I worked really hard there. They really saw the potential that I had and they invitedContinue Reading

Sports Review: 3/13 Boys soccer beats Chantilly 1-0 Girls tennis falls to Langley 0-9 Baseball beats Edison 15-4 Girls soccer beats Chantilly 1-0 Softball falls to Edison 9-10 Boys tennis falls to Langley 2-7 3/14 Boys lacrosse falls to West Potomac 2-17 Girls lacrosse falls to West Potomac 5-17 3/15Continue Reading

A new bathroom policy recently gained attention, despite Principal Jeffrey Litz having asked teachers to implement it in December. The policy states that students should not leave class for any other reason, including going to the bathroom, in the first and last 10 minutes of class. “I need to haveContinue Reading

The Mock Trial club attended the state championships in Richmond on March 18 and 19. Mock Trial coach and social studies teacher Patricia Coppolino said the team has improved over the course of the year. Junior Ainsley McCoy, won a Best Attorney award for her work. “We all tried ourContinue Reading

The United States Department of Education awarded FCPS a grant of $13.5 million to support school mental health services, according to Superintendent Reid at a school board meeting this February. The grant came as a part of the federal government’s School-Based Mental Health Services Grant Program that FCPS applied forContinue Reading